The Teaching Exchange, published twice a year, is one of the Sheridan Center’s several media for exchanging ideas about pedagogy within the Brown community. Off-prints of the entire issue and of individual articles, available as pdfs below, may be printed for use by the entire Brown community.

September 2009

My Teaching Philosophy by Robert Pelcovits Advising and Mentoring at Brown: Some Random Thoughts and Personal Reflections by Evelyln Hu-DeHart Faculty Forum: How Does Teaching Improve Your Research? Contributions from: Carol DeBoer Langworthy, Gregory Elliott, Peter Richardson and Victoria Smith

University Awards Ceremony 2009 New Teaching Resources at the Sheridan Center Sheridan Center Teaching Certificate IV: The Teaching Consultant Program What's Up?: Other News from the Center

The September 2009 issue highlights a variety of teaching issues of importance to university-level education. The articles in this issue include 1) an example of how a distinguished senior faculty member has written a statement of his Teaching Philosophy; 2) a statement of the importance a senior faculty member attaches to the value of advising and mentoring students; and 3) a Faculty "Forum" - contributions by faculty about "How Does Teaching Improve Your Research?". In addition, there is an account of the 2009 University Awards Ceremony at which faculty and graduate students from Brown and RISD were recognized for their commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. Not least, there is information on new Sheridan Center programs and resources to support the pedagogy and ongoing professional development of the Brown teaching community.

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